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Job Description Turner & Townsend are looking for a Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join our team and support construction cost services for our clients. The ideal candidate will be driven and promote our Turner & Townsend purpose and values.

Responsibilities

Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending & chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process

Managing estimating services for full project by developing project estimates, reviewing estimations prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates using benchmark data collected from other projects

Managing cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast with the client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendors

Managing cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors & making recommendations to client, and using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes

Managing and monitoring invoicing process

Benchmarking performance against other successful commissions

Managing all facets of the final accounting process and post contract audits and account close outs

Holding post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and applying lessons to create training manual

Developing procedures governing handover of project

Performing all duties using Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable

Project/Program Responsibilities

Assisting in overall project cost management and forecasting; generating project cost reports and chairing cyclical project forecast meetings with functional stakeholders

Providing vendor procurement, project funding, change management control, invoice review, savings capture, and risk management services

Market sector experience: Manufacturing with more than 1 year experience

Project/program size in dollar value: $1.3B

Software specific requirements: Excel, Microsoft, SAP, Ariba

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or related field

Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry

RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable

Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects

Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred

Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering

Strong communication skills

Equal Employment Opportunity Turner & Townsend is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Human Resources Department at 713‑457‑9400 or recruitmentUSA@turntown.com.

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